[Python] Python: Create strikethrough / strikeout / overstrike string type

I would appreciate some help in creating a function that iterates through a string and combines each character with a strikethrough character (\u0336). With the output being a striked out version of the original string. Like this..

Something like.

def strike(text):
i = 0
new_text = ''
while i < len(text):
new_text = new_text + (text + u'\u0336')
i = i + 1
return(new_text)


So far I've only been able to concatenate rather than combine.

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